2-car crash on Parker Street in Springfield sends woman to the hospital, ties up traffic

Springfield Fire Department/Dennis G. LegerSpringfield fire and police officials responded to the scene of a two-car crash at the intersection of Parker and Frank streets shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday. The woman driver of the overturned Jeep was rushed to Baystate Medical Center for treatment. An update on her condition was unavailable. The driver of the car involved in the crash did not require hospitalization, according to Dennis G. Leger, executive aide to Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph A. Conant.

SPRINGFIELD – A two-car crash reported at 7:49 a.m. Thursday near 1148 Parker St. sent a woman to the hospital and tied up traffic in the city's Sixteen Acres neighborhood during the morning rush-hour, said Dennis G. Leger, executive aide to Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph A. Conant.

Leger identified the injured woman as Sara Anderson, whose age and address were unavailable, and she was taken to Baystate Medical Center for treatment. An update on her condition was not immediately available.

Anderson was driving a Jeep that rolled onto its roof after it collided with a sedan, Leger said. Firefighters had to use Jaws of Life extrication equipment to free her from the wreck. The driver of the car was not hospitalized, Leger said.

Motorists had to be rerouted due to the crash, which caused traffic to back up on Parker Street in both directions. "It was right at rush-hour," Leger said of the collision, which occurred near the intersection of Parker and Frank streets.

It was not immediately clear if Springfield police issued any charges in connection with the incident.

THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate location of a two-car crash near the intersection of Parker and Frank streets in the Sixteen Acres section of Springfield Thursday morning: